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Chad's subsistence farmers practice traditional slash-and-burn agriculture in tandem with crop rotation, which is typical throughout much of Africa. Sorghum is the most important food crop, followed by berebere. Less prevalent grains are corn, rice, and wheat.

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Chad has considerable agricultural potential, but because of the fact that it is landlocked means that trading is very difficult and hard to do and it is hard to get the crops and goods out of Chad.

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Chad achieved moderate but significant progress in poverty reduction, with the national poverty rate falling from 55% to 47%. This means that the income in Chad is very low right now and is supposed to decrease as well.

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Child mortality has also decreased from 79% to 65%. Chad’s money, as well as its oil income, are supposed to decrease therefore making the country very poor.

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Chad’s government highly restricts its people and has unfair elections that make it unfair for the people to have a say in political discussions. Most of the power remains concentrated in the president and his ruling clan.

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Chad’s money, as well as its oil income, are supposed to decrease therefore making the country very poor. Much of Lake Chad is also drying up and they are slowly losing water.Lake Chad is one of Africa's most vital sources for water

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Groups of People Who Makeup the Population

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Groups of People Who Makeup the Population

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The largest ethnic group is the Sara, representing 28% of the country’s population. The Arabs make up 12% of Chad’s population. The Daza ethnic group has an 11% share of the population in Chad. The Mayo-Kebbi people make up 10% of Chad’s population.The rest of Chad’s ethnic groups are the Kanem-Bornou (9%); Ouaddai (9%); Hadjarai (7%); Tandjilé (7%), and Fitri-Batha (5%). Other groups makeup 2% of the population and include the Gorane, Fulani, Karo, Katoko, Maba, Massa, Mbaye, and Moundang. Non-indigenous ethnicities in Chad include the Sudanese and the French.

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Child mortality has also decreased from 79% to 65%. However, with this current economic and financial crisis, poverty could increase, and the absolute number of poor is projected to rise from 4.7. The most important problem from the past was Imperialism which took away all of the countries valuable resources and freedom and left it bare.

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Imperialism affected the country a lot because the French took away all of the cotton and precious materials and when they finally came back into control they got all of their resources back. Therefore making the country struggle even more. August 11, 1960, is when Chad became independent.

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The kingdoms of Chad have included Zaghawa / Duguwa Kingdom

c.AD 900 - c.1400, Kanem Empire

c.AD 900 - 1389, Kanem-Bornu Empire

AD 1389 - 1890, Zobeir Dynasty of Ouaddai-Chari & Bornu

AD 1890 - 1901, Modern Chad

AD 1960 - Present Day. These kingdoms have all fallen and the region is now lead by a leader that is there terminally and wont leave until he dies

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Major Physical Features, Climate, and Vegetation

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Major Physical Features, Climate, and Vegetation

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The terrain of Chad includes broad, arid plains in center, desert in north, mountains in northwest, lowlands in south.Chad has a hot and tropical climate, though temperatures do vary depending on area. The southern rainy season runs May-October, and the central rains from June-September. The north has very little rain all year. The dry season is often windy, and cooler during the evenings.

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The mountains overlap the Sahara so it has more grasslands and trees. It also has rivers close too. It is mostly mountainous because of the Tibesti Mountains which overlaps the Sahara, so it is more mountainous in the areas that the Tibesti Mountain overlaps the Sahara.